Article 8 of the Saudi Council of Ministers Law

This article regulates a member's entry into and exit from the Council of Ministers, and refers to other provisions for his responsibilities and rights:

• Appointment, relief and acceptance of resignation: all are done by royal order. A person does not become a member, is not relieved of his post, and his resignation is not accepted, except by this instrument.
• Responsibilities: they are set under Articles 57 and 58 of the Basic Law of Governance. The text of those two articles is not set out here, so refer to the Basic Law of Governance to learn what they say.
• Rights: they are set out by the Council of Ministers' internal rules; the article does not give their details.

Note that a resignation requires acceptance by royal order; by the text, it is not enough for a member to submit his resignation for his membership to end.

This article is connected to the following Article 9, which makes the Council's term no more than four years, during which it is reconstituted by royal order; Article 8 concerns members individually, and Article 9 concerns the Council as a whole. It also follows Article 7, which makes the Council's decisions final once the King approves them.